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TAKES OVER THF. CONTROL OF
NEW RUSSIA
mODZlAfSKO
Michael Rodzianko is president of
the Russian duma and is now con
trolling government at Petrograd.
When the czar ordered the sessions
of the duma closed, Rodzianko re
fused and set up a temporary gov
ernment, which began the revolu
tion and resulted in the czar's abdb-,
cation.
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LOCAL RAILROAD MEN PLEASED
WITH STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Brotherhood chairmen, in session
here, yesterday received code mes
sages from New York informing
them that the railroad strike order
has been canceled permanently.
They immediately went into, execu
tive session after notifying local
union heads over the western dis
trict of the action of the brotherhood
heads at Washington.
Union men breathed a sigh of re
f when the "peace agreement"
3 announced. Although uractical-
ly all would have gone out at the
showdown, brotherhood leaders de
clared, without exception all hoped
a strike would not be called.
"The demonstration on Saturday
night, when trainmen in various sec
tions of the country refused to go to
work on newspaper reports of strike
postponement, convinced railroad
managers of the fallacy of their
claims that 90 per cent of the men
would remain at work," Timothy
Shea, chairman of the western train
men, said.
"What were the mainc forces be
hind your winning drive?" was asked
Timothy Shea, brotherhoods spokes
man for Chicago district in head
quarters at Great Northern hotel.
"The solidarity of the railroad
workers who insisted to the very last
on nothing less than the basic- 8-hour
day."
"Would a hostile president of the
nation have made the thing go differ
ent?" "Slower maybe, but not different."
"President Wilson facilitated mat
ters, you would say?"
"If he had been hostile it would
have been harder for everybody concerned."
RUSSIA GIVES CITIZENSHIP
RIGHTS TO JEWS POLITICAL
PRISONERS ARE FREED
Petrograd, March 20. Full right
of citizenship to Jews- and abolition
of the pale was the further progres
sive steps which democratic Russia
took yesterday. Jews throughout
Russia hailed the new order with
greatj-ejoicing.
Petrograd is astir with enthus
iasm; its streets are packed, with or
derly crowds. Public utilities are
now running as of old. Today all
newspapers were republishing and
with entire freedom of editorial
power. . Many of the newspapers who
resumed yesterday commemorated
the event by special editions full of
3ulojeies of the ftew "free" Russia"-